He heard slurs including “Fight the Jewish scum,” and
was told: “Jew, Jew, Jew... Run.” The racist comments
included, he says, those from a small boy who was walking with
his father. In Bradford one passer-by spat at him, he claims.

In January a YouGov poll asked 3,411 UK adults about their
attitudes toward UK Jewish citizens. It found that 45 percent
polled believed at least one anti-Semitic view presented to them
was “definitely or probably true.”

Many found clichés and stereotypes about Jews to be true. One in
four believed Jewish people “chase money more than
others,” while one in six people felt Jews thought they were
better than other people and had too much power in the media.

Gideon Falter, chairman of The Campaign Against Anti-Semitism
(CAA), which commissioned the study, said: “Britain is at a
tipping point. Unless anti-Semitism is met with zero tolerance,
it will grow and British Jews will increasingly question their
place in their own country. Britain's Jews must be shown that
they are not alone.”

‘Indiscriminately targets all Israelis’

Oxford University Student Union (OUSU) voted down a motion on
Thursday to break ties with the boycott, divestment and sanctions
(BDS) movement in a move which was heavily criticized by some
Jewish students.

Ben Goldstein, who proposed the motion and was quoted in the
Jewish Chronicle, argued the BDS movement “indiscriminately
targets all Israelis.” The move was rejected by 72 votes to
30, with 28 people abstaining.

Last Friday the students’ union of the School of Oriental and
African Studies (SOAS) in London ruled on the issue as part of
its Israeli Apartheid week. The union voted in favor of a full
academic boycott of Israel.

The poll involved over two thousand students and staff. The
boycott passed by a margin of around 75 percent, with 425
students opposing the motion.

The union has been associated with the BDS campaign since 2005.
The SOAS branch of the movement featured centrally in the build
up to the vote, calling for the referendum late last year.

On Thursday Jewish students at SOAS complained of intimidation.

One student was allegedly told to “f*** off to Israel,”
while another said they are afraid to go to lectures or student
common rooms for fear of being verbally abused.

Some Jewish students claim the atmosphere on campus has become
increasingly difficult since the BDS campaign began.